Taken from a documentary "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005) "


* Early metal (1966 - 1971)

- Jimi Hendrix - Cream - Blue Cheer - Led Zeppelin - Black Sabbath - MC5 - Mountain - Deep Purple - The Stooges

* Original hard rock (1974 - 1979)

- Thin Lizzy - Blue Öyster Cult - Aerosmith - AC/DC - Ted Nugent

* Shock rock (1968 - 1983)

- Arthur Brown - Alice Cooper - New York Dolls - Kiss - Ozzy Osbourne - W.A.S.P.

* Early punk (1976 - 1979)

- The Ramones - The Damned - The Sex Pistols - The Clash - The Dead Boys

* Power metal (1976 - Present)

- Scorpions - Judas Priest - Rainbow - Accept - Manowar - Dio - Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Helloween - Blind Guardian - HammerFall - Primal Fear

* New Wave of British Heavy Metal (1979 - 1983)

- Motörhead - Saxon - Iron Maiden - Angel Witch - Girlschool - Tygers of Pan Tang - Diamond Head

* Progressive metal (1970 - Present)

- Uriah Heep - Rush - Queensrÿche - Savatage - Fates Warning - Voivod - Dream Theater - Meshuggah - Symphony X - Evergrey

* Glam metal (1973 - 1990)

- Slade - Sweet - Hanoi Rocks - Mötley Crüe - Twisted Sister - Poison - Cinderella - Skid Row

* Pop metal (1978 - Present)

- Quiet Riot - Van Halen - Whitesnake - Def Leppard - Europe - Dokken - Lita Ford - Ratt - Guns N' Roses - Winger - Warrant - Doro - The Darkness

* Stoner metal (1982 - Present)

- Witchfinder General - Trouble - Candlemass - Kyuss - Today is the Day - Cathedral

* Original hardcore (1980 - 1986)

- Bad Brains - Agnostic Front - D.O.A. - Exploited - Black Flag - The Misfits - GBH - Dead Kennedys - Minor Threat

* Thrash metal (1983 - Present)

- Metallica - Slayer - Anthrax - Megadeth - Testament - Exodus - Overkill - Kreator - Destruction - Sodom - Sepultura - Nuclear Assault - Death Angel - Pantera - Children of Bodom

* First wave of black metal (1981 - 1986)

- Venom - Mercyful Fate - Bathory - Celtic Frost

* Norwegian black metal (1990 - Present)

- Mayhem - Gorgoroth - Darkthrone - Emperor - Immortal - Satyricon - Enslaved - Dimmu Borgir - Cradle Of Filth (UK)

* Grindcore (1987 - Present)

- Napalm Death - Carcass - Repulsion - Brutal Truth - Cephalic Carnage

* Death metal (1985 - Present)

- Possessed - Death - Morbid Angel - Obituary - Deicide - Cannibal Corpse - Immolation - Autopsy - Nile - Dying Fetus

* Swedish death metal (1990 - Present)

- Grave - Entombed - At the Gates - Dismember - Arch Enemy - Soilwork - In Flames - Dark Tranquility - The Haunted

* Metalcore (1985 - Present)

- Corrosion of Conformity - Suicidal Tendencies - Dirty Rotten Imbeciles - Machine Head - Stormtroopers of Death - Hatebreed - The Dillinger Escape Plan

* Grunge (1988 - 1993)

- Nirvana - Pearl Jam - Alice in Chains - Soundgarden - Stone Temple Pilots - Green River - Mother Love Bone - The Melvins - Mudhoney

* Goth metal (aka Doom metal on the DVD) (1990 - Present)

- Paradise Lost - Tiamat - Therion - Type O Negative - My Dying Bride - Anathema - Theatre Of Tragedy - Opeth

* Industrial metal (1988 - Present)

- Ministry - White Zombie - Godflesh - Nine Inch Nails - Fear Factory - Marilyn Manson - Static-X

* Hard alternative (1989 - Present)

- Faith No More - Living Colour - Rage Against the Machine - Tool - Prong - Jane's Addiction - The Smashing Pumpkins

* Nu metal (1994 - Present)

- Biohazard - KoЯn - Slipknot - Limp Bizkit - Godsmack - Coal Chamber - Disturbed - Kittie - System of a Down

* New Wave of American Metal (2000 - Present)


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